Stimulus negotiations: Republicans to release opening offer Thursday without payroll tax cut

(CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, after days of intraparty disputes and splits spilling into public view, will move Thursday to unify Republicans behindRead More

Judge orders Michael Cohen to be released from prison

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge ordered the release from prison of President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer on Thursday, saying the government retaliated againstRead More

Obama blasts Trump, praises Biden in new 2020 campaign video

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama stepped up their attacks on President Donald Trump and defended their timeRead More

White House drops payroll tax cut after GOP allies object

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House reluctantly dropped its bid to cut Social Security payroll taxes Thursday as Republicans prepared to unveil a $1 trillionRead More

Trump deploys more federal agents under ‘law and order’ push

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced he will send federal agents to Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, to help combat rising crime, expanding theRead More

China harboring military-linked fugitive scientist at San Francisco consulate, FBI says

(CNN) — Tensions between the United States and China have continued to ratchet up following the forced closure by Washington of Beijing’s consulate in Houston, amidRead More

Senate GOP, White House agree on key parts of COVID-19 aid package with stimulus plan set for release

(CNN) — Key senators and White House negotiators said Wednesday they had reached a deal on a key piece of their stimulus package, setting the stageRead More

Trump deploys more federal agents under ‘law-and-order’ push

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he will send federal agents to Chicago and Albuquerque, New Mexico, to help combat rising crime,Read More

Joe Biden calls Trump the country’s ‘first’ racist president

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden said Wednesday that President Donald Trump was the country’s “first” racist president. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s comments came duringRead More

White House, GOP agree to virus testing but aid bill shifts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republicans and the White House reached tentative agreement late Wednesday for more testing funds in the next COVID-19 relief package, butRead More